Court orders disabled pensioner to relocate his noisy roosters from Adelaide Plains home

In a ruling by the Environment, Resources and Development Court, a disability pensioner was instructed to take away three roosters that had been repeatedly crowing on his Adelaide Plains Council property. The council cited numerous noise complaints, and an acoustic engineer confirmed the birds' sounds were clearly audible over the normally low background noise. Although the owner argued the roosters were therapeutic aids for his complex post-traumatic stress disorder, Commissioner Claire Ryan dismissed the claim, stating removal would not constitute discrimination.

The judge described the constant daytime crowing as unacceptable and likely intolerable for a reasonable person, affecting the area's amenity value. The order gives the man 14 days to comply and bars any future keeping of roosters at the address, though other birds such as hens are permitted. He was also ordered to cover the council's costs.